gieren
German, verb/ˈɡiːrən/
gieren is spelled G-I-E-R-E-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 107,140th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gieren is a German verb meaning “to desire greedily, to lust for” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “nach etwas heftig verlangen”.
What does gieren mean in English?
verb
- 1
to desire greedily, to lust for
- 2
datedto open one’s jaws so as to snap
verb
- 1
to yaw
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. nach etwas heftig verlangen
verb: 1. infolge heftigen Seegangs vom eigentlichen Kurs abtreiben, ausscheren 2. um die Hochachse rotieren
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of gieren
- giert present singular third-person
- gierte past
- gegiert participle past
- haben auxiliary
- gierend participle present
- giere first-person indicative present
- gierst indicative present second-person
- gierest second-person singular subjunctive
- gieret plural second-person subjunctive
- gierten first-person indicative plural
- giertest indicative preterite second-person
- giertet indicative plural preterite
- gier imperative second-person singular
- habe gegiert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben gegiert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- giere! imperative singular
- gier! imperative singular
- giert! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gieren?
- /ˈɡiːrən/
- [ˈɡiːʁən]
- [ˈɡiː.ɐn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to gieren
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is gieren in German?
gieren appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).